Div 1 Week 27 – Wetherill Park – 20 August
The division bowled 10½ pins over average at Wetherill Park with 69 200 games and 190 600 series. The high game went to Leigh Shephard 269 followed by Sarah Heath 255, Amy Brown 239, Meg Abdilla 224, Leigh again 220, Meaghan Curtis 216, Amy again and Michelle Simmonds 214, Trudy Gould 213 and Annette Bateup and reserve Justine Peters 212. The high male score was Chris Greaves with 258, followed by reserve Cameron Phillips 257, Rodney Kitley 253, Brad Searle 28, Ian Neich and Kim Morris 247, reserve Vince Romeo 246, Kim again and Kristain Asquith 245 and Chris Bateup 243. The high series went to Brad Searle 688, followed by Chris Bateup 687, Kim 684, Kristain 675, Reece Hines 667, Cameron 660, Chris Greaves 469, Darren Topolski 648, Rodney Kitley 642, Daniel Webb 635, Phil Meurant 631 and Alex Sole 630. The ladies high series went to Amy 651, Leigh 646, Kayleen 621, Sarah 610, Meaghan 591, Justine 580, Michelle 569, Jodie Terry 537, Jenny Burrows 532 and Annette and Meg Abdilla 522.
Joint leaders Strathfield Sandbaggers took the outright lead winning 12-7 while Campbelltown Cougars dropped down to 3rd despite winning 10-9 as Wetherill Park Guns jumped into 2nd spot winning 14-5. 4th place Lidcombe Lightning played 5th place Wetherill Park Bandits and retained their respective positions despite Bandits winning 11-8. Wetherill Park Phoenix won 13-8, Campbelltown Rebels won 10-9 and Windsor 9 or Better scored 12 points on the bye. The high game went to Sandbaggers with 1078 and 1015, Lightning 1060, Phoenix 1026 and 1019, Cougars 1026 and 1017, Bandits 1022, Mittagong Reapers 1021 and 1016 and Fairfield Bruises 1000. The series went to Reapers 2987, followed by Cougars 2984 and Phoenix 2971.